Robertson v. State

Appellant was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter on his trial under an information charging him with the crime of murder in the first degree, alleged to have been committed by killing one W. J. Jett. It was alleged that appellant had killed Jett “by then and there striking and beating the said W. J. Jett on the head with some blunt instrument, to the Prosecuting Attorney unknown.”

A petition for change of venue was filed, properly supported by the affidavits required by the statute. There were six of these affiants, four of whom were summoned and appeared before the court for examination,…